First ever Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Day celebrated with pomp
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Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Day was celebrated Friday in various towns of regional states by holding public gatherings and panel discussions.
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said the Ethiopian Nations, Nationalities and People's Day is a day in which various nations and nationalities would promise to stand in unison to extricate the country from abject poverty and build democracy.
President Girma Woldegiorgis laid a cornerstone for a permanent cultural center to be constructed.
Individuals and organizations who have outstanding contribution for promoting the identities of various nations and nationalities were decorated Friday with thousands of members of the various nations and nationalities in the country in attendance.
Addressing the crowd gathered at Convention Center for the celebration, the first of its kind, Meles said the Day would help the different nations, nationalities and people in the country to strengthen bond among them.
He said the national constitution has enabled the various nations and nationalities in the country to enjoy their democratic and human rights, which itself are historic.
Meles said the Day has also enabled the different nations and nationalities to exercise their democratic rights while enjoying equality of nations and nationalities.  MORE We are not fighting Islamist: Ethiopia
Ethiopian troops spark fresh fighting: UIC By Groum Abate There have not been any clashes with the Islamists, said an official spokesperson with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs but added the result would be a foregone conclusion if there have been any.
The UIC are talking too much and if they go to war with us they know as much as we do what will happen to them, said the spokesperson to Capital.
He clarified the clash that occurred Friday was between the UIC and the Somali government.
Somali government fighters, backed up by Ethiopian troops, have attacked Islamist positions sparking heavy fighting, the BBC reported Friday quoting an Islamist leader. ADB to move into Nani towers
The African Development Bank (ADB) is negotiating with Ethio- Saudi business tycoon Sheik Mohammed Al-amoudi, owner of the tallest building in the country for rent, sources disclosed.
Nani towers, a 22- storey building in front of Ghion hotel is close to completion at the cost of 350 million birr. The dark-blue glass and aluminum framework alone is estimated at 40 million birr. Construction was launched in May 1998 on a 2800 sq meters plot but was halted sometime due to a row over allocation of resources. MORE
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Professor Richard Pankhurst is the son of Miss Sylvia Pankhurst, the great British suffragette and advocate of Ethiopia during and after Fascist Italy's occupation of Ethiopia. Professor Pankhurst taught for many years at Addis Ababa University and has written widely on Ethiopian history and culture. He is also the founder of Addis Ababa University's Institute of Ethiopian Studies and a founding member of the Axum Obelisk Return Committee and the Association for the Return of the MaqdalaEthiopian Treasures (AFROMET)
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